Jack at day, Kate at night

Jack had a half day today. First we had lunch, then he read while I worked, then he wanted to play the Wii games, so we did.

Then we went upstairs to check out a couple of the games he'd received for his birthday, Pictureka and Story Cubes. The first one was a picture search game he got from a school friend, the second from Aunt Robin. First we did Story Cubes, where you threw nine dice with different pictures down, then told a story that linked all nine pictures together. Jack was immediately into it. He wanted to get the question mark, since that way he could end a story with "To be continued....?" When he finally got it, that was the highlight of the game. Later, he played it with Emily and it was going to be they would take turns telling stories, as we did, but instead he told one, then said, OH wait! I just thought of another one! He ended up telling 3 to her 1.

Pictureka involved turning cards and finding different things. I think he was most interested in the hourglass timer. I can't remember the game we played as kids that had an hourglass timer. Liar's Dice? Mebbe.

We played the games for more than an hour and cracked each other up with our stories. I know we also laughed playing the Wii (mostly because I'm so inept at Mario Kart, and my character, Donkey Kong, gets all upset, which makes us both laugh), but I think he might have had more fun with those tiny cubes.

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Put Kate to bed tonight. She really paid attention to the stories, "When Will I be Big," and "Ladybug Girl." Sometimes she's only half into them, tonight she really paid attention. "Who's that guy?" Willoughby. (Next page.) "And who's HE?" Uh, that's Willoughby in a different shirt.

I sang songs and she asked me to sleep a little, so I did, and I told her to tell me when to leave. We lay there for a good 5-10 minutes, and then I said, Good night. She looked at me, drowsy I think, and said, "I didn't say to leave." I said, I know, but it's time. She nodded, slowly, but understandingly, I think anyway, and hugged me goodnight.